T20 ratings Blast

Graeme van Buuren

Batter and bowler, age 36

−0.5

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 9 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 262nd of 1,072 rated batters, top 25%.

Hard to get out.

89% range
−1.4 to +0.6
Likely rank
136th to 528th
Per 24 balls
−1.4
Next season
−0.6
Next season, in the IPL
−0.7
Whole career
−0.1
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.43
Balls
613
Last played
2026
Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

Each dot is a rated batter, by rating per innings. Tap anywhere on the line to zoom in and see who is who.

In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

BuurenIPL average
Strike rate151153
Balls per dismissal1919
Boundary balls21%22%
Dot balls26%29%
Strike rate, powerplay152155
Strike rate, middle143145
Strike rate, death165167

−3 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 9 balls an innings. Runs only; the rating also counts what his wickets cost.

By phase

Points of win chance per 24 balls, from his rating.

Powerplay−0.2
Middle−0.1
Death−0.6

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 45%
Gets out lesstop 16%
Scores faster once intop 33%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15415719 balls
Left-arm pace15215419 balls
Off-spin14814722 balls
Left-arm spin14214221 balls
Wrist-spin14314619 balls

Walking in at 40 needed off 18, six down

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average batter in his place. Each line is one chase, ball by ball, from 40 to win down to 0.

Loading the simulations…

Season by season

Win value: points of win chance per 24 balls against the par ball in the same situation, in the games he played (raw: not adjusted for the opposition or the competition). Bar width shows how many balls.

-380+38 2013: +13.2 per 24 over 48 balls 132014: −30.3 per 24 over 12 balls 142015: +1.2 per 24 over 72 balls 152016: −32.6 per 24 over 31 balls 162017: −2.9 per 24 over 22 balls 172019: +36.2 per 24 over 43 balls 192020: −1.6 per 24 over 49 balls 202021: +0.1 per 24 over 51 balls 212023: +1.6 per 24 over 119 balls 232024: −9.5 per 24 over 56 balls 242025: −0.4 per 24 over 43 balls 252026: +9.0 per 24 over 48 balls 26
SeasonInnsRunsBallsAvgSR4s6sDot %Win value

By competition

Strength: a typical batter there against a typical IPL batter, points per 24 balls. The rating already allows for it; the record here does not.

CompetitionStrengthInnsRunsAvgSRWin value

Last 10 innings

With the win chance his own balls added for his side, in points (each ball against a par ball from the same situation).

  1. 2(5)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2026-07-15 · replay−12.9
  2. 28(18)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2026-07-12 · replay−1.6
  3. 16*(8)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2026-07-10 · replay+33.2
  4. 14*(8)v Warwickshire, Blast, 2026-07-05 · replay+0.2
  5. 3*(2)v Surrey, Blast, 2026-07-04 · replay+0.5
  6. 13*(7)v Somerset, Blast, 2026-06-26 · replay−0.6
  7. 2*(2)v Sussex, Blast, 2025-07-17 · replay−0.3
  8. 13*(6)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2025-07-13 · replay+3.1
  9. 2(3)v Middlesex, Blast, 2025-07-11 · replay−0.6
  10. 19(10)v Surrey, Blast, 2025-07-09 · replay+4.7

His biggest innings, by win chance added

Not the most runs: the most difference to the result. Counted over his own balls only; the other end can give some of it back, so a rescue act can add more than 100.

  1. 37*(20)v Sussex, Blast, 2019-08-30+71.4
  2. 16*(8)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2026-07-10 · replay+33.2
  3. 55(30)v Lions, CSA T20, 2014-01-17+28.0
  4. 57(41)v Knights, CSA T20, 2015-12-06+9.2
  5. 28*(19)v Middlesex, Blast, 2023-05-29+7.2